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OPINION

 Cougar Town Deserves 
 Scorn, Not Yuks 

Courteney Cox's new show has everyone watching—but why? Masochism?

Oct 14, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cougar Town is our nation’s newest guilty pleasure—“‘guilty’ in this case meaning ‘it makes you want to stick your head in the oven’ and ‘pleasure’ referring to the feeling humans get from having their fingernails ripped off one by one,” writes Heather... More »

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entertainment • TV series • Courtney Cox • Courteney Cox • television review • Cougar Town

 8 Weekly 
 World News 
 Characters 
 That Could Hit TV 

DreamWorks developing TV show after tabloid signs with agency

Oct 13, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who needs Batman when you can have Bat Boy? The iconic Weekly World News creation is expected to arrive at a TV near you now that the tabloid has signed with CAA, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "You're seeing an embrace of the fringe," says More »

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entertainment • TV shows • Weekly World News • Bat Boy • TV series

 Sissy Spacek Joins Big Love 

Actress will play lobbyist in show's 4th season

Sep 17, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sissy Spacek will join the cast of HBO’s Big Love, the LA Times reports. Spacek will be a regular cast member on the show’s upcoming fourth season, playing a DC lobbyist. Her first appearance comes in the third episode. Spacek raises the cast’s profile considerably: she won... More »

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television • Academy Awards • HBO • Big Love • TV series • Oscars

REVIEW

Thirtysomething Hits DVD—
But Is It Still Good?

Former fan would prefer an escape over this tedious show

Aug 25, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thirtysomething is finally on DVD, much to the excitement of baby boomers everywhere—and Seth Stevenson, who, inexplicably, loved the show as a 14-year-old boy. “I wondered: Would I find it even more compelling now that I’d actually reached my 30s?” he writes for Slate. But, though... More »

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entertainment • DVD • TV series • television review • thirtysomething

(Newser) - Sassy Anna Paquin has absolutely no trouble stripping down for scenes in HBO's steamy series Tru Blood, she tells Nylon in a let-it-all-hang-out interview. "I'm sorry, maybe there are women who keep their bras on while they have sex. I don't happen to be one of them," quips... More »

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HBO • nudity • sex • stripping • vampire • TV series • monster • sex scene • television program • Anna Paquin • Stephen Moyer • Tru Blood

 Behind Mad Men Are...Women 

Women directed five of this season's 13 episodes

Aug 7, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The misogynists who populate Mad Men's character ranks might make you think otherwise, but seven of the show's nine writers are women—a rarity in Hollywood, where 80% of primetime programs in 2007-08 had no female writers. “A lot of people think women can only do women shows,... More »

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entertainment • television • writer • screenwriters • scriptwriters • TV series • Mad Men • writers • women's issues • television program

 10 Most Addictive 
 Shows Ever 

24 takes top honors, followed by Lost, Friends

Jul 21, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Bauer doesn't even have to torture you to keep you glued to your couch, reports the Daily Telegraph, scoring nearly a fifth of the votes for most addictive show in a survey of some 3000 couch potatoes. “Although crime doesn't pay, as our list reveals, it most certainly... More »

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entertainment • television • Heroes • Lost • The Sopranos • Sex and the City • The Wire • CSI • TV series • Friends

 Wife to Remain 
 in Charge of 
 Falk: Judge 

But ailing 'Columbo' assured visits from adopted daughter

Jun 2, 09 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Peter Falk's wife will remain in charge of the former actor's care and affairs, but must allow bimonthly visits with his adopted daughter under a new conservatorship established by a Los Angeles court. The former Columbo star, 81, suffers from severe dementia and no longer remembers his trademark detective role.... More »

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dementia • actor • conservatorship • TV series • Alzheimer's Disease • detective • Peter Falk • Columbo • Shera Danese Falk

TV review

 Goode Family Not Great 

A few good jokes, but show's aim seems off

May 27, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Goode Family, an animated series about an eco-obsessed, passionately politically correct family that airs tonight on ABC, is fairly funny, but leaves reviewers scratching their heads:
  • It “feels aggressively off-kilter with the current mood, as if it had been incubated in the early to mid-’90s,”
... More »

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television • animation • reviews • TV series • Mike Judge • television review

Twitter Coming Soon to a TV Near You

Microblogging site set to do a celeb-stalking reality show

May 25, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was only a matter of time before Web 2.0 phenom Twitter found a way to infiltrate television. The social networking site is partnering with a production company to develop an unscripted show described as “putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format,... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • TV series • Twitter • Jay-ZTV

New Series by Beavis Creator Lampoons Green Buttheads

'The Goode Family' features clan trying a little too hard to stay eco-friendly

May 22, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Goodbye Hank Hill, hello Gerald Goode. Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge's new animated series lampoons a vegan, hybrid-driving Midwestern family whose motto is: "What would Al Gore do?" The Goode Family sends up the greener-than-thou clan’s efforts to maintain an environmentally friendly, strictly PC lifestyle just for... More »

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animation • cartoon • TV series • Beavis and Butthead • Jay-ZTV • Mike Judge • The Goode Family

tv review

Lost Ends Season 
 on Mysterious Note 


May 14, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lost ended its next-to-last season last night with a blinding flash of nuclear energy and the fallout the series' fans have come to expect: more questions. Chief among them: When does the final season start? (Answer: Not until 2010.)
  • "Who is Jacob and what
... More »

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entertainment • television • Lost • ABC • science fiction • TV series • Jay-ZTV

critical roundup

 ER Checks Out Tonight 

Critics, fans, brace for last episode tonight

Apr 2, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - After 15 seasons, viewers will make their final trip to County General Hospital tonight in the series finale of ER. Critics and fans are reflecting on the groundbreaking show:
  • Mixing “medical triumph” with “personal angst,” ER “may have begun as a show about salvation, but
... More »

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television • NBC • emergency room • reviews • TV series • ER

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Jade's Funeral Date Set 

Plus, Rihanna house hunts, and more

Mar 24, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The funeral for Jade Goody, the British reality star who died of cervical cancer, will be held April 4, the BBC reports. A funeral procession will go from her house to a nearby church. Elsewhere:
  • Rihanna was spotted house-hunting yesterday in the Hollywood Hills, the Sun reports.
  • Struggling-for-cash
... More »

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television • Britney Spears • reality TV • Angelina Jolie • California • Hollywood • taxes • cervical cancer • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • death • lawyer • funeral • Britain • Kiefer Sutherland • legal fees • Rihanna • estate • TV series • law firm • Maserati • Marcheline Bertrand • Jade Goody • back taxes

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Who Gave Guy a Shiner? 

Plus, credit crunch hits Cleese's divorce, and more

Mar 23, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Uh-oh. Guy Ritchie showed up with a black eye after a night out in London, the Sun reports. No word on where the mystery shiner came from… could this have anything to do with his less-than-flattering nickname for tough ex-wife Madonna? More gossip:
  • The recession has hit celebrity divorces.
... More »

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television • Roseanne Barr • Katie Holmes • Victoria Beckham • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • sitcom • primetime TV • Madonna • divorce settlement • TV series • album • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • John Cleese

 HBO's Unlikely New Series 
 Offers No Sex, Violence    

Network looks to PG series to rekindle viewers' interest

Mar 20, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - HBO's newest series one has nothing to do with single New Yorkers or mobsters in New Jersey. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith, is more like a younger, Botswanan version of Miss Marple—in a good way. R&B singer Jill Scott... More »

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HBO • Harvey Weinstein • Botswana • TV series • Anthony Minghella • Sydney Pollack • Alexander McCall Smith • Jill Scott • The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

 Ashlee Moves Into 
 Melrose Place 

Actress returns to TV after 4-year hiatus

Mar 9, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Melrose Place has a new resident: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. The Hollywood Reporter names the singer-actress—who got her start on 7th Heaven—as the newest addition to the CW’s Melrose remake, playing a small-town girl who moves to LA with a secret. For original show-watchers, Ashlee’s character, Violet, is... More »

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television • celebrity • Ashlee Simpson • TV series • The CW • Melrose Place

 Bachelor's Jason 
 Betrayed Me: Melissa 

Plus, revenge author to Melissa: Keep that $65K ring!

Mar 5, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - In her first interview since being dumped on national television, former Bachelor fianceé Melissa Rycroft told Ellen DeGeneres today she felt betrayed and lied to, Us reports. Rycroft said she knew Jason Mesnick had contacted runner-up Molly Malaney once, but when she asked him, "'Am I going to be... More »

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television • reality TV • TV series • The Bachelor • Jason Mesnick • Melissa Rycroft • Molly Malaney

 Budget Cuts 
 Threaten 
 Silverman 
 Show 

Exec producers, network in talks

Mar 2, 09 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Executive producers of Sarah Silverman’s Comedy Central series are threatening to can the third season due to budget cuts, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The network slashed the budget by more than 20%, and producers—including Silverman—aren’t sure the show’s integrity can be maintained at $850,... More »

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television • recession • Comedy Central • Sarah Silverman • budget cuts • economy • TV series

 Gossip Girl Spinoff Set for May 

New show will flash back to the '80s

Jan 15, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Gossip Girl fans, rejoice. After denying the rumors for months, the show’s producers now tell the Hollywood Reporter a spinoff is in the works. The new show will be set in the 1980s and tell the story Lily van der Woodsen—mom of Serena—and how fast times in... More »

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television • TV shows • TV series • spinoff • Gossip Girl • CW network

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